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Show ANNOYED & DISGUSTED... Well, Jim... I see that, the "QUEEN OF PARK CITY," is at it again (April/May 2002, Razor’s Edge). I truly think she’d rather be back in Park City, than in MUDAB. But for the fact, that she was only a small ducky in a big pond there. In Mudab, she’s a BIG ducky ina mud puddle, and she hates it. But, the lure of being able to buy ink by the gallon, (The theory is that you can’t argue with people who are able to do that), is what brought her back to her roots. So, you peons...listen up!! SenSen, says...we have to Parkerize this dump!. Yes, your highness, what ever you want...better that, than have more hissy fits, spewed SOME COMMENTS on you mudabites. Sadly, I remember a time, when a drive was possible, up through Parleys Gaon and to go over Guardsman Pass, and descend into lovely old Park City. All of a sudden, some rich lame-o, snuck in and bought most of it up, and the result is what you see today. Ah...progress. I’m sickened, at what has happened to most of the West, the cheap facades, and mylar glitter, masking the most beautiful, places on earth. So, your highness, pardon “me if I give your aspirations, a fat thumbs down. "ON THE RECORD" Dear Jim, "On the Record,” is a great feature (Zephyr, April-May: words from Utah’s Professional Environmental Community). As usual, I can’t resist commenting. The strongest flavor in 5 of the 6 positions (GSUWA the exception) is: Those damn cows! The general idea seems to be that cows and "cowboys" are on the way out and good riddance, or ought to be headed that way, sooner the better. Interesting, that the livestock community gets waved off into the sunset while the New Economy-—servicing tourists and second-home people—-is taken as a given, inevitable. Furthermore, the concensus seems to be that since the "new" is already so well established, our job is simply to work hard to make sure it promotes a sustainable economy (renewable energy, rational use of water, etc.). And, there’s a positive side, the "new" brings a higher tax base (this is good?). And along with that comes a more worldly-wise bunch of people (Uh, let me think about that). But look what else comes in: heli-tours, jet boats, gated enclaves, snowmobiles, SUVs, terrain-crunching OTVs, upgrades of roads for tourist convenience, etc. The fact is...the only use I foresee for the dreaded chaining process, is to mow down the ~ | All this gas-guzzling racket is part of the package, part of the problem and not part of the solution. Meanwhile, the "old" extractive economy seems to be having a new lease on life (plenty of subsidies there, too, for sure). BLM has announced drilling permits on 10,000 acreas of Utah canyonlands and in Wyoming the oil/gas assault is even fiercer, and the Jim Bridger power monster marches on, ; Chewing rangeland to get at the coal. These are intertwined local, national andi laffairs, so it will probably take across-the-world cooperation among varmentalists of all stripes, and then some, to tame the beast. Also, think about it--there’s. a chance that some ranchers, cowhands, sheepherders will mix into that, on our side, demanding respect. gauchos and Martin Murie ~ North Bangor, NY sagehen@westelcom.com THE ZEPHYR AS EVIL WHITE PEOPLE Editor, You take no views but your own. Your paper is a white man’s paper...nothing less, nothing more. You seek to save the earth and yet you only add to its destruction by decreasing the sacred in terms of your individualistic pursuits. Your baseline spirituality seems to be founded on the ideals of a dead, white man (Mr.Abbey) who was more fictional than real...after all these years...the sadness of Glen Canyon still remains behind 700 feet of concrete and water. ' A new ideal must arise if the earth is to be saved...a new ideal that strives to reach beyond the selfishness of wanting and having too much. Your philosophy then and now glorifies western ideals of subjective individualism. You were sick in 1776 and you are even sicker now. You continue to disrégard the collective and holistic view of the Native American...why? It may be the one thing that can still save you. But, I’m sure that it will be back to business as usual, as you and your kind continue to seek redemption through a paper that only mirrors the sickness of your own egoistical reflections. As Moab continues to grow, you can only have yourself blame and the other like you who choose to exploit wilderness ideals in the name of money and fame. Your personal life of loose morals and delinquent friendships are a living testimony to the sadness of a shallow life that has no spiritual core. Please remember that it’s not too late to change. Tsekooh ha‘naa/tse naa nizaad yeigo nanilnishgo nibeeso t 00 ahayoi doo ha ni Yours truly, (Lee Yazzi) The Ghost from Lost Canyon Moab’s Oldest Legal Brewery! Meet me at : ; 2 J. Restaurant & 5 Microbrewery 57 S. MAIN "It's are on in the NUTS? in the WESTERN PAX B.T.Raven GraphicXmp@aol.com RUDENESS COMES SO NATURALLY... Jim: I enjoyed your hilarious editorial. Thankfully...if you really know you are mad, you probably aren’t. Pretty close though. A few days ago, on my day off, 1 popped into work for a moment. As usual I locked my bike to a bike post outside the store. I emerged two minutes later to find that someone had locked a bike to my bike! I took to wandering around local businesses in an attempt to find the bike’s owner. Locals were of the general consensus thatI should just keep both bikes. It was a $2000 bike. : About 45 minutes later, a young guy sidled up to me and quietly whispered, "Is that your bike?" I nodded, and whispered, "Is THAT your bike?" He nodded. By this point, I was past caring about the quirky thinking behind this method of parking a bike. He was a tad embarrassed. I asked him where he worked. He works at Russ Hay’s bike shop here in downtown Victoria. "Ah yes!" I said. Perhaps he believes in true bike togetherness. Maybe he was hoping that his bike and mine would mate and produce a hybrid, it being Spring and all. I remember walking across the Slickrock bike trail soon after it first came into being. It was a beautiful morning. My memory of the bikers that day is of a group of very uptight young people who were more or less oblivious of the surrounding environment. They oles to have zero interest in the stunning vista and what it means in this world. On another occasion, | was wandering around in the nearby campsite on Sand Flats Road. With my own eyes, I witnessed a young man set fire to a Juniper tree in order to provide himself with warmth. Hey...they are not the brightest cards in the deck... Thanks for another fine editorial, Stuart Munro Victoria, BC munrostuart@hotmail.com A BASIN IS A BASIN IS A BASIN... Jim, A young woman studying a geology text book at Tully’s Coffee Shop and preparing for the university exams before spring break, made me wonder if anything in the book told of basins. The one in my mind I was thinking of was the Paradox Basin. I would have liked to know what she was reading or studying, as my interest in geology was increased by ~ reading in The Zephyr the story of how Charlie Steen found his uranium mine that made him king of the prospectors and also made him a fortune. This wasn’t easy. He paid a price and struggled through college to pay his way, to get . a degree in geology and mining. His life has been one of travail and persistence that makes one keep reading his story. continued on next page... Gi) McStiff’s... Se very progress, you and your ilk promote, and it can’t happen fast enough! You are the true LUDES. Me...I prefer, a green meadow, on aspring morning, with leaping, and prancing young colts, and meadow larks singing their little hearts out. Compare that to, fat butts in a line, and the ka-ching, of the cash registers, at a Walmart PLAZA 259-BEER Eddie Gays: summer and the sidewalks fire and you're standing there glaring sun...what are you? Come on in and COOL OFF! Get away from those DIESEL fumesIl! Enjoy yourself in quiet comfort s at our secluded peaceful patio! |